The article presents the author's insights on various events in Munday, Texas on July 4, 2011, such as the establishment and removal of the cones and barricades in the community and the birth of puppies.

The scenes from Kiev are reminiscent of Cairo in 2011- or perhaps the Battle of Stalingrad or revolutionary Paris. A ring of burning barricades surrounds the stage on which opposition leaders, European Union parliament members and protesters speak. Images in the news are filled with blood and...